Setup assistant for 10.3.9 - can't complete process to create user account
After much searching, I find myself still looking for a solution and hope that someone here might be able to help me.
I just purchased a used iBook G3 (white), 800 mhz. The seller did a complete reinstall of OS X 10.3.9.
I turned the laptop on for the first time, the movie/setup assistant appeared, and I began to enter the requested information. So far so good. However, once I reached the "Create Your Account" page.... I entered my desired password and it won't let me go past that point. (If I hit Tab after entering my password hint, it just cycles back to the 'Name' field.) I cannot select a user picture/icon (in fact, no pictures appear at all) and the "continue" button at the bottom of the page is grayed out so I can't proceed.
I am completely baffled. What could be causing this problem and how can I fix it? I want to play with my new toy. I have gone through the previous pages and looked at the information entered, and I can't see anything that could present a problem. Restarting didn't help either. And to answer the question someone is bound to ask... no, I don't have the install disks. (The seller installed the OS.)
Thank you in advance for any assistance you may be able to provide!
One of the choices to consider would be to get retail OS X install disc(s)
of your own so you can go back and totally reinstall and test a System.
This may involve more than it seems; and the computer should have
included some OS X or other system software. The original software set
which shipped with the computer, including the Apple Hardware Test, as
a bare minimum. Since the computer itself could support Tiger 10.4.11,
if properly upgraded (RAM and adequate capacity hard disk drive) and
that system is less obsolete than Panther 10.3.9, you may have to get it.
{Sometimes, depending on the chosen password, if characters not valid
to be used in a password are put into the window-box, they may not work.
However most numbers, and common letters are safe bets; as are random
choices using combinations so long as they don't contain incorrect ones.}
If you are in contact with the seller of that computer, perhaps you could
deal with them in regard to this odd matter; and see about getting a set
of installer discs for the computer. Was the seller a retailer, or private?
New computers shipped with adequate software to run, test & repair them
and the discs included at that time were intended to accompany the Mac.
Also, an installation without the discs is not a legal installation. The best
tool to find out what's going on would be the retail installer disc, and the
original Apple Hardware Test for the specific computer model. Harder to get.
Good luck & happy computing!
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